India

Malpua

Name: Malpua
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 pieces
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 150 g Wheat flour; 200 ml Milk; 200 g Sugar; some of each Cardamom & saffron; plenty Ghee for frying; to garnish Pistachios

Indian little pancakes in sugar syrup

Malpua are small, fried Indian pancakes soaked in fragrant sugar syrup.

Popular at festivals like Holi and during Ramadan, they are often served with rabri (reduced milk) and pistachios.

Servings8 pieces

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Wheat flour150 g
Milk200 ml
Sugar200 g
Cardamom & saffronsome of each
Ghee for fryingplenty
Pistachiosto garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Whisk flour with milk into a smooth batter, rest.
Cook sugar with water, cardamom and saffron into a syrup.
Fry small pancakes golden in ghee.
Dip at once into the warm syrup.
Serve scattered with pistachios.

Make it original

Saffron and cardamom for malpua are in the Asia Boutique.

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